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There's Fun to Be Done (Thing One!)

Hey, put on your thinking cap, there’s stuff to be done, and all of that that stuff is incredibly fun! We’ll celebrate Theo and we’ll work, learn, and play (and learn to say Seuss the Bavarian way.) There’s stuff to discover, from  ‘pie-selling chants’ sung at night by his mother to how Seuss was a name first used undercover. And then we’ll continue and learn how a bet gave us one of the greatest storybooks yet!   We’ll discover what Doctor Seuss knew about the science of taste (and hopefully won’t let green eggs go to waste!) We’ll savor the flavors but we’ll also be thrifty, don’t you think we can keep it to just around 50? And that’s just the beginning, that’s just a small start, we haven’t begun to cover the tiniest part! We’re off to great places! Today is our day! Fun learning is waiting. Let’s get on our way!

There's Fun to Be Done (Thing Two!)

Aren’t they fun, these mischievous Things? It’s amazing the things they’ll do to our brains! We’ll find planets of Oobleck (it falls from the sky!? Those weather wizards sure can make a mess when they try.), and a strange thing called Glurch, and learn how a few hats and a King can leave a boy in a lurch! We’ll learn about Horton and search for a Who (but we’ll need some tools to see macro too!) Come on, hurry, there’s no time to stop, we’ve got to get going it’s time to glop! But wait, if we get into quicksand we’d better move slow, cause quicksand will cuddle you tight, don’t you know? Maybe your thinking cap will save you from slithery sand? If not it will be dapper on your head, or your hand. Shuffle Duffle Muzzle Muff! It’s fun to learn all this crazy stuff!

 

Lesson Links Thing One

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street:
There is also an audio version with sound effects available at https://vimeo.com/23393246 and a read-aloud of the first part of the book (from the Seuss app) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GhCK9wdAbw.

Green Eggs and Ham:
Animated video version available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI1SqfJvvCk (or do a search for Green Eggs and Ham movie)

 

Lesson Links Thing Two

Horton Hears a Who
The original 25 min long TV animated version of the story at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0xQsleqNyQ.

Smartphone to Microscope
Step by step explanation and video instructions for the following are available at the following links: http://www.geekosystem.com/smartphone-microscope-diy/
http://www.instructables.com/id/10-Smartphone-to-digital-microscope-conversion/step8/Explore/

Quicksand
National Geographic’s Weird Science: I Didn't Know That: Can You Survive Quicksand? (intense and informative!)
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/science/weird-science-sci/idkt-surviving-quicksand/
Discovery Channel’s Man vs. Wild Moab Desert Quicksand (he gets out a bit quicker)
http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/28993-man-vs-wild-moab-desert-quicksand-video.htm
Or the more humorous quicksand clip from the classic film The Princess Bride (keep an eye out for the R.O.U.S.!) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Fsyld7YD0

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
In addition to your reading aloud of the story, there are other versions available, ex. a straight audio version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBtvq9t8Czg  (the narration is a bit intense and it’s 44 minutes long),
A 25 minute version with the book, with nice narration, though it’s a little far from the camera, is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBk_fzYvcNk .

moses
A gallery of his incredible art put together by his daughter of the photos he took of his creations: http://www.kiraod.com/moses/mydadshats.html

Hatmaking
A sample video of the wig making process is available at:http://goodwillrocktherunway.org/my-wig-tutorial/
A sample of Martha Stewart’s version: http://www.marthastewart.com/249923/paper-wigs

Looking Deeper Section
The 1972 short (25 minute) animated version of the Lorax is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSSrYnc1yQs
The short animated version (25 minutes) of the Sneetches is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPhOZzsi_6Q
A read aloud version (with the book pages) of Yertle the Turtle is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CheU6UvSes4
See a one minute “live-action preview” for the Butter Battle book here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQWCtzdEC5g
The full movie of the Butter Battle is available at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5FR_cuQsrc , SchoolTube http://www.schooltube.com/video/bf8b526c80c54176bc32/ or search for alternative sites online.